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Punjabi
Etymology
Either inherited from Sanskrit तक्षन् (takṣan) and influenced by Persian ترخان (itself possibly from Old Turkic 𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣 (t¹r¹qn¹)), or directly corrupted from the Persian term. Compare Urdu تکھان.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ə.ɾᵊ.kʰäː.ɳᵊ/, /t̪ə.ɾᵊ.x̠äː.ɳᵊ/
Proper noun
تَرکھاݨ • (tarkhāṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਰਖਾਣ)
- Tarkhan; a carpentry caste common in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan
Noun
تَرکھاݨ • (tarkhāṇ) m or f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਰਖਾਣ)
- Tarkhan; a member of the Tarkhan caste, who are carpenters or joiners by trade
- carpenter, joiner
- (historical) tarkhan; an ancient Central Asian title
Derived terms
- تَکھنوٹا m (takhnoṭā, “son of a carpenter”)
- تَکھنَٹیا m (takhnaṭeyā, “son of a carpenter”)
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ترکھان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ترکھان”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025